< Genesis 7 >

1 dixitque Dominus ad eum ingredere tu et omnis domus tua arcam te enim vidi iustum coram me in generatione hac
Then Yahweh said to Noah, “I have seen that out of everyone who is now living, you alone always act righteously. So you and all your family go into the boat.
2 ex omnibus animantibus mundis tolle septena septena masculum et feminam de animantibus vero non mundis duo duo masculum et feminam
Take with you seven pairs of every kind of animal that I have said I will accept for sacrifices. Take seven males and seven females. Also take a male and a female from every kind of animal that I have said that I will not accept for sacrifices.
3 sed et de volatilibus caeli septena septena masculum et feminam ut salvetur semen super faciem universae terrae
Also take seven pairs of every kind of bird from all over the earth to keep them alive.
4 adhuc enim et post dies septem ego pluam super terram quadraginta diebus et quadraginta noctibus et delebo omnem substantiam quam feci de superficie terrae
Do this because seven days from now I will cause rain to fall on the earth. It will rain constantly for 40 days and nights. By doing that, I will destroy everything that I have made that is on the earth.”
5 fecit ergo Noe omnia quae mandaverat ei Dominus
Noah did everything that Yahweh told him to do.
6 eratque sescentorum annorum quando diluvii aquae inundaverunt super terram
Noah was 600 years old when the flood covered the earth.
7 et ingressus est Noe et filii eius uxor eius et uxores filiorum eius cum eo in arcam propter aquas diluvii
Before it started to rain, Noah and his wife and his sons went into the boat to escape from the flood water.
8 de animantibus quoque mundis et inmundis et de volucribus et ex omni quod movetur super terram
Pairs of animals, those that God said that he would accept for sacrifices and those that he would not accept for sacrifices, and pairs of birds and pairs of all the kinds of creatures that move close to the ground,
9 duo et duo ingressa sunt ad Noe in arcam masculus et femina sicut praeceperat Deus Noe
males and females, came to Noah and then went into the boat, just as God told Noah that they would do.
10 cumque transissent septem dies aquae diluvii inundaverunt super terram
Seven days later, it started to rain and a flood began to cover the earth.
11 anno sescentesimo vitae Noe mense secundo septimodecimo die mensis rupti sunt omnes fontes abyssi magnae et cataractae caeli apertae sunt
When Noah was 600 years old, (on the 17th day of the second month [of that year/late in October]), all the water that is under the surface of the earth burst forth, and it began to rain so hard that it was as though a dam [MET] in the sky burst open.
12 et facta est pluvia super terram quadraginta diebus et quadraginta noctibus
Rain fell on the earth constantly for 40 days and nights.
13 in articulo diei illius ingressus est Noe et Sem et Ham et Iafeth filii eius uxor illius et tres uxores filiorum eius cum eis in arcam
On the day that it started to rain, Noah went into the boat with his wife, and his three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth and their wives.
14 ipsi et omne animal secundum genus suum universaque iumenta in genus suum et omne quod movetur super terram in genere suo cunctumque volatile secundum genus suum universae aves omnesque volucres
They had already put in the boat some of every kind of wild animal and every kind of livestock and every kind of bird and every other creature that has wings.
15 ingressae sunt ad Noe in arcam bina et bina ex omni carne in qua erat spiritus vitae
Pairs of all animals came to Noah and entered the boat.
16 et quae ingressa sunt masculus et femina ex omni carne introierunt sicut praeceperat ei Deus et inclusit eum Dominus de foris
There was a male and a female of each animal that came to Noah, just as God had said they would do. After they were all in the boat, God shut the door.
17 factumque est diluvium quadraginta diebus super terram et multiplicatae sunt aquae et elevaverunt arcam in sublime a terra
It rained for 40 days and nights, and the flood increased. It flooded until the water lifted the boat above the ground.
18 vehementer inundaverunt et omnia repleverunt in superficie terrae porro arca ferebatur super aquas
As he water rose higher and higher, the boat floated on the surface of the water.
19 et aquae praevaluerunt nimis super terram opertique sunt omnes montes excelsi sub universo caelo
The water rose all over the earth until it covered all the mountains.
20 quindecim cubitis altior fuit aqua super montes quos operuerat
Even the highest mountains were covered by more than (20 feet/6 meters) of water.
21 consumptaque est omnis caro quae movebatur super terram volucrum animantium bestiarum omniumque reptilium quae reptant super terram universi homines
As a result, every living creature on the surface of the earth died. That included birds and livestock and wild animals and other creatures that scurry across the ground, and all the people.
22 et cuncta in quibus spiraculum vitae est in terra mortua sunt
On the land, (everything that breathed/every living thing) died.
23 et delevit omnem substantiam quae erat super terram ab homine usque ad pecus tam reptile quam volucres caeli et deleta sunt de terra remansit autem solus Noe et qui cum eo erant in arca
God destroyed every living creature: People and animals and creatures that scurry across the ground and birds. Only Noah and those who were in the boat with him remained alive.
24 obtinueruntque aquae terras centum quinquaginta diebus
The flood remained like that on the earth for 150 days.

< Genesis 7 >

The Great Flood
The Great Flood